Bobby Kent

Manchester, United Kingdom

Editor-in-Chief at Game Luster

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Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Coming This Wednesday

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

Our first Nintendo Direct since the Switch 2 launch has been announced via the Nintendo Today app, and it’s a big one! Coming this Wednesday on June 18, Donkey Kong Bananza will receive an entire dedicated Nintendo Direct at 6 AM PT, that’s 9 AM ET, 2 PM BST and 3 PM CEST on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. Releasing next month, the latest Donkey Kong game is set to be a big hit for the Switch 2, and we’re overdue another look since we last saw it in the Switch 2 reveal showcase.
Stellar Blade Sells 1 Million Copies On PC In 3 Days

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

The PC launch of Stellar Blade was nothing less than massive. We previously reported on the concurrent player count for Stellar Blade on PC eclipsing all other PlayStation releases on Steam, but a new report from Ruliweb in South Korea has given us an exact metric for just how successful Stellar Blade has been for Korean developers Shift Up. In just three days, Stellar Blade sold over one million copies on Steam.
In Numbers: Breaking Down The Nintendo Switch 2 Launch

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

We’re a week on from the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and it was nothing short of historic. Not only is the system critically acclaimed, like in our own perfect 10 review you can read now, the Switch 2 was also a massive commercial success. That almost feels like an understatement, given exactly how big the launch was. A lot of numbers came out over the last weekend and earlier on this week, and some may have been easy to miss in the barrage of daily Switch 2 headlines.
Sony Spins Marathon Controversy Into A Good Thing, And Reaffirm Release Window

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

It’s been a very bad rollout for the Sony-owned Bungie’s Marathon. Without diving too deep into it all again, Marathon has been incredibly controversial online. Poor reception to the game’s alpha, a general distaste towards live service games and a shocking plagiarism and art theft scandal have all rocked the studio over the last few months.
Amazon Restores Relationship With Nintendo Following Switch 2 Success

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

Amazon had a turbulent relationship with Nintendo over the last year or so. Whilst neither party has made official comments on it, it has been something of an open secret in the industry. Nintendo’s first-party releases were not available to preorder from Amazon US, starting with Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch game pre-orders which were cancelled before launch as Nintendo revoked Amazon’s access to their stock.
Sony Responds To Nintendo Switch 2, Saying PS5 Is The "Best Place To Play"

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

Sony just held one of its regular “fireside chat” meetings, a cosy name to describe an incredibly dry and boring investor relations Q&A session full of corporate speak and incredibly rehearsed non-answers.
Nintendo Switch 2 Review - Finally Playing With Power

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

The Nintendo Switch 2 is hands down one of the most anticipated launches in video game history. For those of us who are fans of Nintendo, we’ve gone years, desperately waiting to see when the fabled successor of the Switch would appear.
Stellar Blade Becomes PlayStation's Biggest PC Release

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

We recently reported on Stellar Blade‘s forthcoming PC release, but June has arrived and so has the PC port of the former PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade. Despite only being available for a day, Stellar Blade has rocketed every few hours to new concurrent Steam player peaks over on SteamDB, now crossing 180,000 concurrent players at the time of writing. This makes it not only an incredibly successful PC launch, but also PlayStation’s biggest ever on Steam.
Famitsu Sales: Nintendo Switch 2 Is Japan's Fastest Selling Console Ever

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. This week’s chart covers June 2 – 8, as the long-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit the market in an explosive debut week. As many anticipated, the Switch 2 has obliterated the record for fastest selling console in Japan previously held by the PlayStation 2’s launch week, as the Switch 2 sold over 940,000 consoles in its first few days on sale.
PlayStation Plus June 2025 Catalog Update: All New Games Coming This Month

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Bobby Kent

It’s June, and as sure as the start of Summer here in the northern hemisphere, Sony are once again back with their monthly update of what subscribers on the higher level tiers of PlayStation Plus will be treated to with the next bunch of game drops. First shared on the PlayStation Blog, we’re happy to report the next batch of PlayStation Plus games will release on June 17, so let’s dive into what’s coming.